Reynolds v. Watkins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division pf the Eastern District of Tennessee. This was a bill in equity, brought by Francis T. Reynolds, Rowena Reynolds, and Alma Reynolds against Anna N. Watkins and others, to assert an alleged interest in certain real estate. There was a decree below dismissing the bill, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
LTJRTON, Circuit Judge.
The complainants are the sole surviving children oí a marriage between John F. and Elizabeth J. J. Reynolds. They claim that, under a certain deed made by one Joseph Ruohs in 1869, they have an interest in,certain valuable property situated in the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., and now in the adverse possession of the defendants. 3sTo question of jurisdiction was raised in the circuit court, but it is now, for the ñrst time, insisted that complainants had a plain and adequate remedy at law, and that, therefore, a court of equity will not entertain this suit. An objection…
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